Engine valve and process of making the same



Feb. 2 1926.

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ENGINE VALVE AND PROCESS OF MAKING THE SAME Filed Augusf 13, 1921 vsheets-sheet 1 Feb. 2, 192e. 1,571,744. F.VOREL ENGINE VALVE AND PROCESS oF MAKING THE SAME Filed AuguSt 13, 1921 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 P.......F.b.2',..26. l 1,511,144

UNITED ASTATES PATENT oFFicE.

FRANK VOBEL, F CLEVELAND, OHIO, ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-HALF TO JOSEPH E.

' MORAVC, CLEVELAND, OHIO.

ENGINE vALvE ENT? rEocEss or MAKING frEEsairE. f

Application led. August 13, 1921. Serial No. 491,979.

To all 'whom 'it may concern: through one of the cylinders Vthe piston be- Be it known that FRANK VoREL, a resiing shown in elevation. dent of Cleveland, in the4 county of Cuy- Fig. f1 is a side elevation of the rotary ahoga and State of Ohio, and a citizen of valve shaft. U5 5 the United States, have invented certain Fig. 5 is a side elevation of a single valve new and useful Ilmprovements in Engine section on a somewhat larger scale. Valves and Processes of Making the Same, l Fig. 6 is an end elevation of a valve secof which the following 1s a specification. tion.

This invention relates to engine valves, and Fig. 7 is a transverse section taken 0n 60 10 the method of making the same, and especialthe line 7-7 of Fig. 5.

ly to valves for gas engines and hasv for yFig. 8 is a perspective view of the valve an object to provide an improved rotary channel tube before insertion in the rotary valve to'be employed in connection `with section, an r multi-cylinder internal combustion engines. Figs. '9, 10 and 11 are cross sections of a 65 w A further object of this invention is to valve `showing modifications. l

rovide a sectional rotaryyvalve having a In the improvement illustrated, the rotaryl separate section for controlling each cylvalve shaft l is mounted in a water-cooled inder, the several sections having means for casing 1, above alined cylinders 2 carrying keying them together at their adjacent ends, pistons 3. The construction shown em- '70 so that slight distortion of one section will bodies an internal combustion engine of the not affect the others in the least. fourfcycle type and havin sifx cylinders,

y A further object of this invention is to though it is to be understood that any numdiscover a method of making a hollow valve ber of cylinders may well be used with this section having a valve element secured to valveq and the latter may well be adapted 25 the inner walls of the section and provi to the two-cycle type. The said shaft is ing a suitable channel for gases?. composed of cylindrical sections 5,k one for A further object is to provide a hollow each cylinder. These sections arei all holcomposite rotary valve whose valve channels low so that the composite shaft is a conare provided by tube or pipe sections setinuous cylinder. The valve channels and 30 cured rigidly to the inner walls" thereof. openings in the, sections are formed by first A further object is to mount the rotary providing'a tubular boxing or pipe one form valve in the casing above the cylinders by of which isdesignated 7 (shown in Figure providing it with rings which are sprung 8) which has fiat faces 20 and 21, and sectors kinto peripheral slots 1n the valve and are for its ends 22, the latter having curved 85` held stationary with the casing. v sides as shown.. These tubes are inserted in .A still further object is to provide the the sections and welded to the thin walls 'if said composite rotary valve with a common 6 ofthe same so that the openings of the l longitudinal peripheral slit for all sections tubes register with suitably arranged aperto lpermit slight independent expansion o tures 8 1n. the section walls. In their final -90 w the said sections under the influence of heat. position in the sections the parallelvfaces These and other objects l attain by means 2O and 21 will be cutting planes of the-walls of a construction embodying the features of the section. The passage of the gases herein described and illustrated in the drawthrough the valve sections will ,therefore be ings accompanying and forming a part of confined to the channels formed by these 45 this* application. tubes.

In the drawings, Fig. 1 is a vertical long A modified form of the tubing to be 1ngitudinal section through thel upperpart serted in the section is shown in igure 9, 'of a multi-cylinder engine embodyingl the where the faces 20 and 21 of the other tube improvements. 50 Figure 2 is a plan wiew. walls 25 and 26, resulting in a right-angu- Figure-S is a vertical transverse section lar passage 27 opening at the ports 8 of above described are displaced by. angular preferred form of valve.

the section as in the bes may be welded to the I'hese angular tu y interior wall of the section as in the other CaSe.

of the next. l The secgear end of the engine will regtioii entering the slot tion at the noted thatv each valve section a. longitudinal slit 9 as being normally sprung outward against the walls of the casing and therewith.

The outwardly sprung relation of the rings to the section is shown in Figures 5 to 7 They are pressed into the groove when the sections are to be inserted into the bore of the casin As illustrated there are six valve sections-one for eacliicylinder, and there are .provided two peripheral grooves for each section with the two fitting split rings. One tube and a single pair of vided for each cylinder section. This therefore requires that the speed of the valvethe'channel 14 as shown.

In the operation of the mechanism the valve shaft will rotate clockwise as shown igure 3 of the drawings, so that the valve channel above a given cylinder will during tworotations of the crank shaft, put the cylinder and exhaust -openings and 24 respectively, in communication, then the intake and cylinder openings 23 and 30, in

the in-takeor exhaust openings for a time period required for the rise and fall of the piston. The spark plugs (shown in Figs. 2 and 3) are provided for the proper explosion in accordance with this arrangement.

he formvof tubing or piping sho-Wn in Fig. 8 may be manufactured by cutting a sector from a rectangular hollow tube,`

though other methods of'niaking it may obviously be employed.

n. some cases it may be desirable to use a curved channel 28, in the tube or piping, as shown in the form illustrated in Fig. 10. In still other instances it may be advantageous to make -the tube shown to structure with one flat face, as part 20 in Fig 8, but with a curved face 29 for direct contact with the section w'all as shown inFig. 11.

Sheet metal has been found preferable as the material for manufacturing the valve sections andl pipes, copper, iron and brass .ing found suitable, and aluminum is very contemplated aving thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A hollow valve shaft having eral grooves thereabout, a longitudinal slit to permit slight expansion or contraction thereof and alined positively directed valve channels for the passage of gases therethrough, and yielding rings sprung into said grooves.

In a single rotary valve multi-cylinder -gas engine a common valve casing above the cylinder-heads in combination with a sectional valve shaft rotatably mounted in the bore of said casing,

low and having suitable apertures 1n its welded to the inner surface of the walls thereof in suchv position that the openings in the tubes shall register with said apertures to form positively directed valve channels for passage of the gases therethrough, all the shaft sections having a longitudinal slit to permit slight independent distortion of the sections, and means on the several sections to cause all of them to rotate together. 3. In a rotary valve multi-cylinder gas engine. a hollow cylindrical valve shaft having a longitudinal slit to permit slight eX- pa-nsion and contraction by uneven internal pressure and having suitable apertures in its walls and tubular valve elements therein welded to the inner surface of the walls thereof in such position that th in the tubes shall register with tures to form positively directed nels therethrough, the said-channels having no communication whatever with the iiiterior of the shaft. y

4. In a rotary valve multi-cylinder gas engine; a cylindrical hollow valve shaft havingtransversely alined apertures in its sai d apervalve chane openings periphboo iso

shaft walls to form a positively directed valve channel therethrough said piping having parallel faces which are in planes -cut ting the curved surfaces of the shaft and the said channel having no communication whatever withy the interior of the shaft.

5. In ay rotary valve multi-cylinder gas engine,` cylindrical hollow valve shaft, having transversely alined apertures in its walls in combination with a tubular piping or boxing with open ends welded to the inner surface of the shaft with the said ends registering with the apertures in the shaft walls to form a positively directed valve channel therethrough,l"said piping having faces all of which are spaced from the shaft walls, and the said channel having no comymunication whatever with the shaft. t

6. A hollow `tva'lve shaft having suitable theA interior of apertures therein and tubular elements welded to the inner surface' of its walls with openings in such elements registering 'with said apertures to form positively directed valve channels for'passage of gases therethrough, the said channels having no communication whatever with the interiorof the shaft. L

7 In a` sectional rotary hollow valveT shaft, a hollow sectionhaving suitable apertures in its walls ink combination with a hollow piping or boxing having open ends welded to the inner wall/s of the said section in register with said aperturesto formV a positively directed valve. channel therethrough, the said channel having no communication whatever with the interior of the section- 8.`A hollow cylindrical valve section for internal combustionengines having suitable apertures in .its walls, eripheral grooves thereabout and ta longitudinal slit to permit slight expansion or contraction by varying l internal pressure, in combination with a hollow piping or boxing having vopen ends welded to the inner walls of the section in registeiwwith said apertures to'form apositively .directed channel therethrough, the

tion engines comprising making a split cyli Asaid channel having no communication v inder section having a cylindrical bore andf two apertures in'its wall in transverse alinement, providing a hollow metallic piping or boxing having parallel face walls and open ends, the said ends of the. pi ing fitting accurately the curved inner sur ace of the said section and their openings having the saine 'size and contour' as the said apertures, in-

serting the saidpiping within the said section, positioning it therein with its openingsregistering with the apertures in the section 'sc that said `piping will provide a suitable Nalve channel, and welding the pipe ends gas-tight to the section wallv so that thefsaid channel will have no communication whatever withrtlie interior of the section.

"10. The inethod of manufacturing hollow aotary valve sections of sheet metal comprising" aking a split cylinder section having a cy indiical bore and apertures in its wall in transverse alinement, manufacturing a .hollow piping or tubing of sheet metal with curved open ends by cutting a sector from a rectangular hollow tube whereby thel curved ends of the sector t accuiatelythe curved inner surface of the cylinder, and the contour and size of the piping is that of thc `said apertures, positioning it therein with its open ends registering with the apertures in the section so that said piping will provide a valve channel,r and welding the pipe ends gas-tight to the section wall so that the said channel will have no communication whatever with the .interior of the)secy tion. v

fIn testimony whereof I hereunto aiix my signature. Y

FRANK VOREL. 

